Uhuru Kenyatta to hand power to William Ruto ahead of ICC case.

President Uhuru Kenyatta will appoint William Ruto as Acting President for the duration he will be away attending his case at the International Criminal Court.

President Kenyatta made the unprecedented announcement during an address to a special session of Parliament on Monday.

He said he will revoke Article 147, section 3, to appoint Mr Ruto as Acting President while he attends the ICC status conference next week at the Hague.

The decision means President Kenyatta will attend the status conference in an individual capacity and not as the head of state.

President Kenyatta explained that the decision to hand power to his deputy is meant to ensure that the sovereignty and democratic will of Kenyans will not be subjected to a foreign jurisdiction.
Earlier, the President had met Kenya’s top security organ on Monday morning, before meeting Cabinet secretaries in the afternoon.